What was achieved when Naftali Bennett met Vladimir Putin? – opinion

Assessment: At the most fundamental level, Bennett needed to maintain Israel’s freedom of movement in Syria … Naftali Bennett’s October summit with Vladimir Putin ran overtime. Its unscheduled five-hour duration meant that the prime minister could not return to Israel before Shabbat, and was stuck in Sochi until Saturday night. Yet Bennett’s time with the Russian president at the Black Sea resort was well spent, among the more consequential meetings the prime minister has had